ACTRESS Jessy Mendiola has clarified reports that she and rumored boyfriend actor Luis Manzano are engaged.
“No. Not yet,” said Mendiola, when asked if she and Manzaro are engaged, during an interview on “Tonight with Boy Abunda” on ABS-CBN.
Mendola however said that she and Manzano are already talking marriage.
“Of course naman. Aminin naman natin lahat kapag may partner tayo, palagi nating pinaguusapan iyan. You always hope for the best,” she said.
“Ako kasi, I always ask him. Palagi akong nagtatanong kung, ‘Ano sa tingin mo? Ano kayang mas okay? Tama ba ito? Mali ba ito?’ Ganoon ako lagi sa kanya and ganoon din siya sa akin,” Mendiola added.
“Kasi I think ganun talaga kapag partners. Hindi puwedeng walang say iyong partner mo kasi you are in this together.
So whether it be his life or your life, dapat mayroon kang part doon,” she said.
Mendiola, one of the stars of the new movie “Extra Service,” also said that she is still starstruck with Batangas Congresswoman Vilma Santos-Recto, mother of Manzano.
“Sobrang bait n’ya sa akin. Everytime na nagkikita kami kinukurot n’ya ako at sabi n’ya, ‘Hmmm may chicks na naman si Luis.’ Kasi mahilig kaming kumain ni Luis. ’Pag pumupunta po ako doon lagi po akong, ‘Good evening po.’ Lagi akong starstruck sa kanya kasi sobrang ganda ni Ate Vi aminin natin. Yung aura n’ya na sobrang light, positive. Parang ang sarap lang n’yang kausap. She’s very touchy and adorable. She’s very humble,” she also said.
But Mendiola, who turned 24 in December, still refused to confirm if she and Manzano are officially a couple.
“Ang hirap pero nakikita naman kami ng mga tao. So uulitin ko na lang ’yun, what you see is what you get,” the actress said.
“We are very happy and we are just taking whatever… basta kung saan kami pupunta magkasama kami. Siguro dapat s’ya (Luis) ang tanunging n’yo. Do I have a minute to win it?” she laughed.
In July, Mendiola said that she does not want to label her relationship with Manzano.
“I don’t want to label it as anything kasi sometimes we go out as group. We are friends but we are getting closer to each other. But you know, he knows that I have a lot of things to do right now and he knows that I am enjoying my life as it is,” the actress said.
Mendiola was voted sexiest woman in the Philippines for 2016 in a survey conducted by “FHM Philippines,” an entertainment magazine for men.